一念

A Flash of Thought 

Hu Shi

I laugh at you, the earth going round the sun,

For you can go round but once within a day and night;

I laugh at you, the moon going round the earth,

For you can’t always be full;

I laugh at you, myriads of stars, small or large,

For you can never leave your orbits;

I laugh at you, the radio running thousands of miles in a second,

For you can’t run as fast as a flash of thought on my mind!

The flash of thought on my mind:

Comes at a time to Zhuganxiang, and another to Zhuganjian;

Comes for a moment on Hudson River, and for another by Cayuga Lake;

If I was really deep in lovesickness,

it would go round the earth thirty million times in a minute!

一念

胡适

我笑你绕太阳的地球，

一日夜只打得一个回旋；

我笑你绕地球的月亮，

总不会永远团圆；

我笑你千千万万大大小小的星球，

总跳不出自己的轨道线；

我笑你一秒钟行五十万里的无线电，

总比不上我区区的心头一念！

我这心头一念：

才从竹竿巷，忽到竹竿尖；

忽在赫贞江上，忽在凯约湖边；

我若真个害刻骨的相思，

便一分钟绕遍地球三千万转！